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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 15:1

2 Kings 15:1. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam After an interregnum of twelve years in the kingdom of Judah, either through the prevalency of the faction which cut off Amaziah the father, and kept the son out of his kingdom; or, rather, because Azariah was very young, it is thought only four years of age, when his father was slain, and the people were not agreed to restore him till he was in his sixteenth year: see on 2 Kings 14:21. Began Azariah to reign Solely and fully to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-7

Click image for full-size versionAn era of prosperity (14:23-15:7)During the long reigns of Jeroboam II in the north and Azariah (or Uzziah) in the south, Israel and Judah experienced political stability and economic development such as they had not known since the days of David and Solomon. This was possible partly because political conditions in the region were favourable to Israel and Judah.Syria had been used by God to punish Israel for its sins in following Baal. With the death of Hazael,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 15:1

twenty and seventh year. So in 2 Chronicles 26:1-3 . Azariah being then sixteen (2 Kings 15:2 ), and therefore only three on the death of his father Arnaziah. Hence, there were thirteen years interregnum (16 - 3 = 13). Arnaziah died in the fourteenth year of Jeroboam. Therefore Azariah began to reign in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam (13 + 14 = 27). This is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership with his father on his going to the Syrian wars. Azariah = Uzziah. See note on 2... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:1

THE PHANTOM KINGS OF GOD'S REBELLIOUS PEOPLEThe Biblical author here crowds into this single chapter the events of seventy years, dismissing the long half-century reign of Azariah (Uzziah) in Judah with a mere seven verses and compressing the five reigns of phantom kings of Israel in the remaining space. It would be difficult any more emphatically to declare the relative unimportance of the kings mentioned here. "The lack of information given here is intentional to show how their despising the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 15:1

2 Kings 15:1. In the twenty and seventh year— In the fourteenth year, according to Houbigant. Dr. Lightfoot is of opinion, that the difficulties in the chronology of this place may be settled, by supposing that there was an interregnum, wherein the throne was vacant eleven or twelve years between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah, who, being left an infant of four years old when his father died, was committed to the guardianship of the grandees of the nation, who,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 15:1

1-7. In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam—It is thought that the throne of Judah continued vacant eleven or twelve years, between the death of Amaziah and the inauguration of his son Azariah. Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah . . . to reign—The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings. But... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 15:1-7

8. Azariah’s good reign in Judah 15:1-7Most Bible students know Azariah by his other name, Uzziah (2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 15:32; 2 Kings 15:34; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 1:1; Hosea 1:1, Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5; et al.). His 52-year reign (790-739 B.C.) was longer than any other king of Judah or Israel so far. King Manasseh reigned the longest in Judah (55 years), and Azariah was second. Azariah reigned while seven of the last eight kings of the Northern Kingdom ruled, all but the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 15:1-38

Sundry brief AnnalsThis chapter relates the reigns of Azariah and Jotham of Judah, and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah of Israel.1. In the twenty and seventh year] Since Jeroboam came to the throne in the fifteenth year of Amaziah (2 Kings 14:23), and Amaziah only reigned 29 years (2 Kings 14:2), his son must have succeeded him in Jeroboam’s fifteenth year. Azariah in 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:30 is called Uzziah.5. The Lord smote the king] For the reason see 2 Chronicles... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 15:1

XV.(1-7) THE REIGN OF AZARIAH (Uzziah), KING OF JUDAH. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 26:0)(1) In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam.—An error of transcription for the fifteenth year (שץ 15, מ, 27). The error is clear from 2 Kings 14:2; 2 Kings 14:17; 2 Kings 14:23. Amaziah reigned twenty-nine years (2 Kings 14:2), fourteen concurrently with Joash, and fifteen with Jeroboam. It was, therefore, in the fifteenth of Jeroboam that Uzziah succeeded his father.Azariah.—An Azriyâhu (.Az-ri-ya-a-u), king of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:1-7

AZARIAH-UZZIAHB.C. 783 (?)- 737JOTHAMB.C. 737-7352 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Kings 15:32-38"This is vanity, and it is a sore sickness."- Ecclesiastes 6:2.BEFORE we watch the last "glimmerings and decays" of the Northern Kingdom, we must once more revert to the fortunes of the House of David. Judah partook of the better fortunes of Israel. She, too, enjoyed the respite caused by the crippling of the power of Syria, and the cessation from aggression of the Assyrian kings, who, for a century, were either... read more